Tuesday, May 19, 2015

(Atlanta, Georgia)… Fresh off a powerful performance at the inaugural
Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, culture keeper, music maker and
self-professed “rake ‘n’ scrape general” Stileet is headed back to
Atlanta for the city’s largest Caribbean heritage celebration.

Stileet, who rocked the stage with the indigenous Bahamian sound of
“rake ‘n’ scrape”, had previously performed at the 2013 Atlanta
Caribbean Carnival. The artist is excited to take what he considers a
dying genre of music to the masses and he’ll be doing that to his hit
song ‘Da Party Animal’.

“I am da party animal!” Stileet declares. “I am da party animal and I
am coming to mash up the party and Atlanta Caribbean carnival! I’m very
excited to come back and to bring this song to Atlanta and introduce
rake ‘n’ scrape to those who haven’t heard it.”

“Rake ‘n’ scrape is an acquired taste,” he explained. “It’s not
dancehall, it’s not soca and it’s something you certainly won’t hear in
the United States. The Caribbean has had many successful talents
establish themselves. We even have Grammy winning artists like the
T-Connection and BahaMen from The Bahamas, but their sound is not the
old style rake ‘n’ scrape that can only be found in The Bahamas. I am
someone who is focused on taking this sound to the world so that whoever
hears it will make the connection to my country.”

The patriotic musician known for his high energy split kicks, “bam bam
bam” goatskin drum beating, cowbell shaking and audience engagement says
his last tour to the US inspired him to push forward.

“Immediately following my last trip to Atlanta, I had the honor of
going to the Ritz Theater in Jacksonville, Florida where I saw the
exhibition of the Weldon Johnson brothers who wrote ‘Lift Every Voice
and Sing’,” he said. “Their mother was the daughter of a Bahamian
education who has a school named in his honor. To see their place in
history, to touch their piano where they composed those songs and to
know that they are sons of The Bahamas gave me the motivation to
continue pushing my craft and culture to the world.”

Stileet will be at the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival’s main event at historic 4th Ward Park on Saturday, May 23, 2015. He is also slated to do a few media rounds and Caribbean club appearances.